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Optimum Biogas Production from Agricultural Wastes


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1 Department of pure and industrial chemistry, Bayero University, Kano, P. M. B. 3011, Nigeria
2 Department of chemistry, University of Jos, P. M.B. 2084, Nigeria
 

Anaerobic degradation of sugar cane and rice husk by cellulolytic fungus was studied at optimum operational concentration 1:5 w/v of the lignocelluloses: water, temperature and fungus were varied and the suitable parameters were 0.6g of fungus, 25cm3 of water and temperature of 33°C which produced biogas of 500cm3. It was also found that when the amount of the substrates were respectively doubled, the average rate of the biogas production doubled, implying that kinetically, the degradation is probably of the first order.

Keywords

Biogas, Fungal Degradation, Rice Husk, Sugar Cane
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Authors

Bishir Usman
Department of pure and industrial chemistry, Bayero University, Kano, P. M. B. 3011, Nigeria
Mbanefo Mbonu Ekwenchi
Department of chemistry, University of Jos, P. M.B. 2084, Nigeria

Abstract


Anaerobic degradation of sugar cane and rice husk by cellulolytic fungus was studied at optimum operational concentration 1:5 w/v of the lignocelluloses: water, temperature and fungus were varied and the suitable parameters were 0.6g of fungus, 25cm3 of water and temperature of 33°C which produced biogas of 500cm3. It was also found that when the amount of the substrates were respectively doubled, the average rate of the biogas production doubled, implying that kinetically, the degradation is probably of the first order.

Keywords


Biogas, Fungal Degradation, Rice Husk, Sugar Cane

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